Video: 86-year old WWII Vet, Pro-Gay Marriage!

“I am here because of a conversation I had last June, when I was voting. The woman at my polling place asked me, do I believe in equality for gay and lesbian people. I was pretty surprised to be asked a question like that. It made no sense to me. Finally I asked her: what do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?”

He says that he and his late wife of 54 years had four sons together, one of whom was gay, and all four of whom joined the services.

“I was raised to believe all men are created equal,” he says, “and I have never forgotten that. I served from 1942 to 1945 as a medic and an ambulance driver. I worked with every outfit over there including Patton’s Third Army. I saw action in all five major battles in Europe, including the Battle of the Bulge.”

He goes on: “It makes no sense that some people who love each other can marry and others can’t, just because of who they are.

“My wife and I did not raise four sons with the idea that three of them would have certain rights and that the fourth of them would be left out.”